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21174239

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2011-3-4
pubmed:abstractText
Obesity is currently viewed as a serious worldwide public health issue. In this survey, we aim to determine its prevalence among schoolchildren and teenagers in Dakar. The sample of our survey consisted of 2,356 students aged 11-17, including 1,110 boys and 1,246 girls. For each of them, we have calculated their body mass index. Based on the higher value of the norm of that index, referred to the 97th percentile of Rolland-Cachera MF's curves, we have identified obese students according to their age and sex. The prevalence of obesity within our sample is 9.34%, with 2.88% for boys and 6.46% for girls. It is at its peak in the age of 11, though there is no significance (p > 0.05) in its decrease (from age 12 to 17). There are significantly (p < 0.05) more obese students in "catholic private" schools than in "public" schools where schooling is free. Child and teenage obesity is a reality in Dakar schools. Consequently, it is advisable to determine its nationwide prevalence to take on its prevention as well as its cure.
pubmed:language
fre
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0037-9085
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
104
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
49-52
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2011
pubmed:articleTitle
[Prevalence of child and teenage obesity in schools in Dakar].
pubmed:affiliation
Laboratoire de Physiologie de l'Effort Musculaire, Institut National Supérieur de l'Éducation Populaire et du Sport (Inseps), BP 3256, Dakar, Sénégal. jeanfaye47@yahoo.fr
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract